Window-cleansing device.



S. JONES.

WINDOW CLEANING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.1,1909.

930,185. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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whereby the roadway in front of the can simple and dumb e device with which win Unrrnn SADIEJONES, OF FINLEYVILLE. PENNSYLVANlA.

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B-e-it known that-i, Same-Jonas, a-citizen-- of the United Statesof America; residing at Finleyville, in the countyotii ashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew' and "useful improvements in- Window- CleaningDevicea-ot which-the toilowing is a specification, reference being had therein to t e accompanying drawing.

This invent-ion relates to a window-cleaning device particularlydesigned for a street car for removing snow, rain, sleet and frost from the motorrnans window of a car,

be readily observed by the motorman, and t such accidents averted as collisions and the running down of persons.

The object of my invention is to provide a dew-frames can be equipped for quicldy removing such matter from the ane of glass in the vnndowdrame as woul obstruct the fi'giecification of Letters Patent.

sight of the motorman when operating a car. The device is easily operated from the interior of the car, and its simplicity of construction permits oi the device being manufactured at a comparatively small cost and installed in connection with a car window without altering the same.

The detail construction entering into my invention Will he hereinafter dcscrib ,d and then specifically claimed.

Referring to the drawings z-Figure 1 is a front elevation of a car window equipped With the device, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view oi the some, Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the pivot pin of the device, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of the device partly broken away and partly in section.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the end of a car having a central window-sash 2 provided *ith a pane of glass 3. The window-sash 2 at the lower left hand cor ner thereof is provided with an opening 4 and in this opening is fitted a sleeve 5 for a journal pin 6 having rectangular protruding ends 7.

0n the inner rectangular end 7 of the in 6, is a crank 8, the outer rectangular em 71 having fixed thereon a lug 9 of said in 6 carried oy a scraper arm 10, said scraper arm also having an angular extension 11. The lug 9 extends at right angles o the scraper arm 10 while the extension 11 projects at an angle of approximately 135 relative tothe log 9 or the arm 10. The arm 10 Patented Ang e, 12563.

whichis seateda resilient strip 13 ofrubher, felt, or a similar cleansing material. this strip 13 proyectmg beyond the plane-of the arm 10 and engaging with 3. vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,

inner end to the arm 10, and at its other end to the window-frame 15 of the car 1.

pin 6, that when the arm 10 normal position shown in l ig. 4, the crank 8 wiii be in the upright position as also shown in this figure, ready for use for operating the arm 10. The extension 11 heretofore referred to acts in connection with a guide member 15 to limit the movement of the arm 10 in both directions, and also to guide the arm during its movement. To this end, the guide member 16 is substantially segmentshaped, and is secured to the outer face of the lower sash rail 2. The extension 11 projects into the slot of this guide, and engages, when the arm is in the upright position, with one end wall of the slot, and when the arm is moved to the other-extreme position, the said extension engages with the other end wall of the slot in the guide memher, thus limiting the movement of the arm 10 in both directions This limiting of the movement of the arm prevents the latter being thrown forcibly against the rails of the win(.low-sasli, either by the motorman in o erating the arm, or by the action of t ie spring 14 in returning the arm to its normal osition. when the motorman or operator reeases his grip on the crank 8..

To operate the device it is only necessary for the operator or motorman of the car to swing the crank 8 toward the center and sill of the window-sash, and the arm 10 will describe an arc indicated by the dot and dash line of Fig. 1 of the drawings. In describing this are the resilient strip of material 13 will cleanse the pane of glass 3 by removing rain,

snow, sleet and frost therefrom, whereby the 1 is provided with an elongated recess'12, in I the pane ()f-glfiSQ' T he arm 19 1S normally-ma1nta1ned in a by means of a coil spring 14 attached at its The crank 8 is so placed on the inner end of the 18 in its vertical 111-00111160131011 with the windows of locom0- tive cabs, the wind shields of automobiles and in connection with any pane ofglass where it is essential that the same be maintained free of matter that would obstruct the view through the glass.

The device, with the exce tion of the resilient strip 13, can be ma e of light and durable net-al, and of such a size as to be ap; plicable to window-sashes of various sizes and constructions.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is: n

In a wind ow cleaning device, a sleeve fixed in the window sash at one of the lower corners thereof, a pin journaled in said sleeve and extending beyond both ends of the sleeve, a crank carried by the inner end of said pin, a recessed arm having a hug extending at right angles thereto and fixed on the outer end of said pin, said arm having an extension of the window sash into which the extension of saidarm projects, the slot in said guide member having closedends adapted to be engaged by the extension of said arm whereby the movement ofthe latter is limited in both directions, a resilient strip mounted in the recess of said arm, and a spring for returning the arm to normal position and normally maintaining said arm in normal position. v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.v

SADIE JONES. Witnessesi M. E. JONES, MAX H. brzoLovrrn. 

